The New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick has not yet named a new defensive coordinator, and both the team’s defensive line coach Pepper Johnson and linebackers coach Matt Patricia are aiming at the void position. While Patricia has been regarded as a candidate for a long time, it was until a recent interview that Johnson made it clear he wanted to work as a defensive coordinator.
"It is getting more and more every year," Johnson said, per the Boston Globe. "You know me, I try to stay away from the sports talk shows, I try to stay away from the newspapers as much as possible, because I get my hopes up and I start salivating at the mouth and then the phone is not ringing. But I’m prepared for whatever presents itself. I have to be, I think you have to be in this world today, period. But yeah,over the last couple years, I’m getting more and more calls and text messages. ‘Are you coming to town?' Or 'Are you leaving us?’ So I get it both ways.”
Having worked for the Patriots for many years on the defensive line, Johnson indeed is qualified to do the job. But he still has to face competition. There has been report saying that Brett Favre also likes the idea of coaching with the Patriots if he decides to take off his Brett Favre jersey for final retirement.
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